My chiropractor has recommended that I take fish pills daily for Omega-3. Only problem is, I'm severally anaphylactic to fish! However, he swears that the pills contain no fish protein so I wouldn't be allergic. I'm refusing to take the pills, of course, since I almost died when I was 5 from just touching fish. But I was just curious as to whether any of you have heard similar things about fish pills. How can they be called fish pills if they contain no protein??? I'm confused! I don't want docotrs to be giving out dangerous information, but my chiropractor is very holistic and very well-researched, still, this just does not seem right! Help!

I haven't heard anything about them, but I wouldn't touch them without contacting the company directly. And to be honest, I wouldn't touch them, period.

Just because someone is a specialist in one field does not mean s/he is a specialist in another. A chiropractor is neither an allergist nor a dietitian/nutritionist with a special interest in allergies.

thanks, we have a bottle at home (my Mom takes them) and it's Omega-3 Fish Pills and they have to stay refrigerated. But, yeah, even if a dietitian and/or allergist okayed it, I still wouldn't take them!

If you are looking for omega 3 there are other sources besides fish. My husband is allergic to fish so I don't eat it either. We use omega fortified soy beverage and it is fortified with flax oil. Flax and hemp oils are also great sources of omega 3. I have bottled hemp oil (flax comes bottled as well) which I use to make salad dressings.

No matter what you are told (except by a board certified allergist, but they would never tell you they are safe!), fish pills have fish in them! Many years ago, I was told I should start taking fish pills... because that chiropractor was under the false impression that if you eat a little of your allergen every day, you will be cured! Well, you'll be cured because you'll be dead!

If you want to fallow the new fashion of Omega-3, there are other sources that are safe!

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